NURSING ETHICS MIDTERM FINAL EXAM
SCRIPT COMPLETE QUESTIONS AND
CORRECT ANSWERS VERIFIED PASS
●● how does ethics play a role in nursing?.
Answer: nurses must be able to recognize ethical dilemmas, when
ethical issues affect client care, practice within the code of ethics, and
promote ethical practice
●● nursing as a moral endeavour.
Answer: moral action: historical basis for creation, evolution, and
practice of nursing
Moral belief: produce rules of action, or ethics
●● ethical philosophy.
Answer: gives consistency to the whole realm of thought and experience
and offers principles for deciding what actions and qualities are most
worthwhile
*must have your own "philosophy", know biases
●● Moral Philosophy.
Answer: Philosophical discussion of what is considered to good or bad,
right or wrong, in terms of moral issues
,●● Ethical Theories!.
Answer: ethical theories are derived from two schools of thought:
naturalism (utilitarianism) or rationalism (deontology)
Utilitarianism and deontology have the greatest influence on
contemporary bioethics
●● Naturalism (matter of feeling).
Answer: dependent on human nature and psychology
all people have similar underlying psychological tendencies (universal
moral judgement), tendency to make similar ethical decisions.
sympathy/empathy is driving force/motivating factor in decision
making.
Reaction to situations, how we feel
●● Rationalism (matter of reason).
Answer: absolute truths (not dependent on human nature)
all people have unique feelings and perceptions and ethical values have
independent origins.
truths about the world are universal and superior to what we experience
(cannot know/understand all truths of the world)
sympathy/empathy is dependent on the person suffering (no attachment,
not automatic response).
What is right always - reaching universal truth.
, ex. sky is blue, but the actual colour may be different
●● Utilitarianism (Consequentialism).
Answer: actioned is judged as good or bad in relation to the
consequences/outcome.
"the end justifies the mean"
The right action is whichever has the greatest usefulness (depends on the
end result)
ex. immunizations, disease prevention, covid lockdown (forward
looking)
●● Deontology (Kantianism).
Answer: based on writings of Immanuel Kant
ethical rules are universal, moral rules apply to all people at all
times/situations
we must all act as a community of equal and autonomous individuals,
treat others as moral beings, allow freedom of choice. based on the
nature of the action
what is driving us/motivating us? (backward looking)
●● Virtue Ethics.
Answer: focus on the actor not the action (who we are/what we value).
actions based on certain degree of innate moral virtue (wisdom, courage,
justice, ect).
SCRIPT COMPLETE QUESTIONS AND
CORRECT ANSWERS VERIFIED PASS
●● how does ethics play a role in nursing?.
Answer: nurses must be able to recognize ethical dilemmas, when
ethical issues affect client care, practice within the code of ethics, and
promote ethical practice
●● nursing as a moral endeavour.
Answer: moral action: historical basis for creation, evolution, and
practice of nursing
Moral belief: produce rules of action, or ethics
●● ethical philosophy.
Answer: gives consistency to the whole realm of thought and experience
and offers principles for deciding what actions and qualities are most
worthwhile
*must have your own "philosophy", know biases
●● Moral Philosophy.
Answer: Philosophical discussion of what is considered to good or bad,
right or wrong, in terms of moral issues
,●● Ethical Theories!.
Answer: ethical theories are derived from two schools of thought:
naturalism (utilitarianism) or rationalism (deontology)
Utilitarianism and deontology have the greatest influence on
contemporary bioethics
●● Naturalism (matter of feeling).
Answer: dependent on human nature and psychology
all people have similar underlying psychological tendencies (universal
moral judgement), tendency to make similar ethical decisions.
sympathy/empathy is driving force/motivating factor in decision
making.
Reaction to situations, how we feel
●● Rationalism (matter of reason).
Answer: absolute truths (not dependent on human nature)
all people have unique feelings and perceptions and ethical values have
independent origins.
truths about the world are universal and superior to what we experience
(cannot know/understand all truths of the world)
sympathy/empathy is dependent on the person suffering (no attachment,
not automatic response).
What is right always - reaching universal truth.
, ex. sky is blue, but the actual colour may be different
●● Utilitarianism (Consequentialism).
Answer: actioned is judged as good or bad in relation to the
consequences/outcome.
"the end justifies the mean"
The right action is whichever has the greatest usefulness (depends on the
end result)
ex. immunizations, disease prevention, covid lockdown (forward
looking)
●● Deontology (Kantianism).
Answer: based on writings of Immanuel Kant
ethical rules are universal, moral rules apply to all people at all
times/situations
we must all act as a community of equal and autonomous individuals,
treat others as moral beings, allow freedom of choice. based on the
nature of the action
what is driving us/motivating us? (backward looking)
●● Virtue Ethics.
Answer: focus on the actor not the action (who we are/what we value).
actions based on certain degree of innate moral virtue (wisdom, courage,
justice, ect).
